The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) looked at what happens to students who perform at or below the national minimum standards in literacy and numeracy in the Year 3 NAPLAN tests. We found less than 1 in 5 students who are behind in Year 3 catch up and stay caught up. In fact, most are at risk of not meeting learning standards throughout their schooling.

To support their students’ ever-evolving learning and development needs, as well as respond to external pressures, schools regularly introduce and implement new initiatives aimed at improving student outcomes.

Christine Jackson and Annie Fisher discuss the need to support teachers to teach writing in all subject areas. This article also announces AERO's writing resources aligned to the Australian curriculum and a new pilot research project supporting a whole-school approach to the teaching of writing.

‘As a school teacher or leader, you will understand the challenge of addressing gaps in students’ literacy and numeracy skills.’ In this article, Adam Inder shares findings from AERO’s Implementing Effective Tiered Interventions in Secondary Schools' project.

New research from the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) and Monash University has identified a potential solution that could dramatically improve learning for those students who are significantly behind their peers.

The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s Review of the National School Reform Agreement (NSRA), released today.

Evidence-based intentional teaching can help educators and teachers progress and support children’s learning. It is also important for educators and teachers to incorporate the intentionality of children and their families into their planning for children’s learning.

Jenny Donovan, discusses AERO's analysis of NAPLAN writing data and the importance of writing instruction. Originally published in The Mandarin.

The Australian Education Research Organisation’s (AERO) CEO, Dr Jenny Donovan, has been named as one of the members of a new Teacher Education Expert Panel.

Nobody knows more about students’ learning needs than their teachers. So how should teachers respond to research evidence about effective practice that is broad and does not appear to take account of contextual factors?

Dr Jen Jackson, Program Director at AERO, explains how simple and effective it is to integrate science into ECEC practice, debunking several myths about the science of early childhood pedagogy along the way.

AERO has partnered with the National Outside School Hours Services Alliance (NOSHSA) to support continuity of learning and development for school-aged children as they move between out of school hours care (OSHC) services and school.

AERO is looking for educators, teachers and leaders from Australian schools and early childhood services to prioritise and shape its research and resources. 

Building on family engagement practice guides for early childhood, primary, secondary school levels, AERO has released a new suite of promising approaches audit tools, family engagement implementation checklists and case studies.

Professional learning can play an important role in supporting teachers and educators to develop the skills and knowledge needed to improve outcomes for children. But we’re yet to fully understand the critical features that make professional learning effective.  

Using evidence-based practices in the classroom is easier said than done. There is broad consensus in the research community that certain practices such as formative assessment and explicit instruction improve student outcomes. But these practices are often complex and hard to implement, involving many different elements.

The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) and Ochre Education have today launched 75 free secondary science lessons and nearly 300 resources to support effective evidence-based practices.

We evaluated our early resources to find out how we can improve. Read the findings.

'Catching up.' It’s a phrase so often heard in education: how do we close equity gaps in learning and development, and best support children from disadvantaged backgrounds to catch up to their more advantaged peers?

How does a national agency support the effective implementation of evidence, particularly at scale? Learn how the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) plans to address the implementation challenge.